Grafton Sciences ยท 1 month ago
Facility Operations Lead
Redwood City
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior LevelGrafton Sciences is building AI systems with general physical ability, aiming to push the frontier of physical AI. The Facility Operations Lead will oversee the daily operations, safety, and reliability of a highly automated engineering lab, ensuring tools run reliably and the infrastructure for autonomous fabrication is maintained.
Machine LearningRobotics
Responsibilities
Manage lab floor operations, including station layout, material flow, utilities, and environmental control systems
Oversee safety protocols, robot safety zones, interlocks, risk assessments, and compliance procedures
Maintain equipment uptime through preventative maintenance, facility monitoring, and reliability planning
Coordinate scheduling alignment, machine availability, and operational readiness across engineering and manufacturing teams
Qualification
Required
Experience running operations in robotics, advanced manufacturing, or R&D-intensive lab environments
Strong knowledge of equipment safety, facilities infrastructure, preventative maintenance, and lab workflow management
Ability to diagnose and resolve issues across mechanical, electrical, and environmental systems
Comfortable owning complex operational systems in a fast-moving, multidisciplinary engineering environment
Benefits
Competitive salary
Meaningful equity
Benefits
Company
Grafton Sciences
Building systems of general physical ability to enable superintelligence
Founded in 2024
11-50 employees
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